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October 3, 2025
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Embedded Software Engineer (Flight)

Linthicum Heights, MD
Full-time
Onsite
$85K/yr - $128K/yr
Entry, Mid Level
Northrop Grumman is a leader in technological advancements and is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer to develop software for cutting-edge Space Payloads. The role involves designing, developing, integrating, and testing software, while actively participating in cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with system requirements.
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Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, integrate, and test software that manages a Space payload unit ensuring compliance to established requirements.
  • Conduct reviews of software-related products, software designs, and additional technical documents.
  • Participate in cross-functional scrum teams, design reviews, and other reviews as required.
  • Participate in technical, peer-reviews to ensure system/software requirements are being met from an end-to-end system point of view.
  • Prioritize and make recommendations to Technical Leads, as required, to implement tasking assigned.

Qualification

Required

  • Bachelor's degree with 2+ years software development experience working on embedded real-time systems or 0+ years with a master’s degree
  • Experience in developing in C++ and/or Python
  • Experience in embedded software development
  • Experience developing in a Linux and/or Windows environment
  • U.S. Citizenship
  • No clearance is required to start, but you must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI

Preferred

  • Experience as a member of an Agile Scrum team
  • Experience with the Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)
  • Experience in embedded C++ optimizations
  • Hands on hardware integration and testing experience
  • Ability to debug complex integrated applications or test setup issues
  • Active TS/SCI Clearance

Benefits

  • Health insurance coverage
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Savings plan
  • Company paid holidays
  • Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.
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